Stanley E. Shingleton, age 71, of Malvern, died Saturday, July 19, 2014 in Akron City Hospital. He was born Oct. 11, 1942 in Romney, WV to Carl and Avery (Shanholtz) Shingleton. He retired from Minerva Local Schools where he was the Athletic Director and taught occupational work experience. He taught 6 years for Malvern Local Schools and 5 years at Glenoak for Plain Local Schools. He graduated from Romney High School in 1960, received his Bachelor's in Business Administration from Fairmont State College in 1965. He is a member of the Malvern First Christian Church, the Ohio Education Assoc., Malvern, Plain Local and Minerva Education Associations, former member and founder of the Stark Area Athletic Administrators Assoc., was a founding member of the IVC and NBC leagues, member of the Minerva Local Athletic Hall of Fame, the Stark County Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Hampshire County Hall of Fame. He was head boys basketball coach in Malvern in 1965 and assistant boys basketball coach at Glenoak in 1973. As Athletic Director at Minerva he formed several new sports including cross country, boys and girls softball, varsity soccer and boys and girls bowling, and finished his career as the special project co-ordinator for the construction of the new school buildings at Minerva and was presently helping Malvern Local with their construction of their new building. In 1960 he was a member of the State Championship basketball team for Romney High School in WV and was a four year starter for the Fairmont College Basketball team which compiled a record of 32-4 and made it to the semi-finals of the National Championship.

He is survived by his wife, Kathleen (Eakin) Shingleton whom he married July 29, 1970; a daughter, Tanya (Terry) Crawford of Minerva; son, Jeff (Stefanie) Shingleton of Rougemont, NC; 2 sisters, Veda Yunck of Pinehurst, NC, Janet Snow of Dallas, TX; brother, Arthur (Regina) Shingleton of Malvern; 4 grandchildren, Tyler and Tara Crawford, Hunter and Travis Shingleton and a great grandson, Levi Crawford; many nieces, nephews and extended family.

Funeral services will be Friday at 11:00 am in the Malvern First Christian Church with Mr. Kenny Thomas officiating. Calling hours will be Thursday 2-4 & 7-9 pm in the Malvern First Christian Church. Following cremation, burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Malvern Christian Care Center.

HAMPSHIRE REVIEW...
1960 champ helped set up hall of fame
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

Stan Shingleton 1942-2014
The 1960 undefeated state champion Romney Pioneers lost one Monday.
Stan Shingleton, a starter on the county's last state championship team, died after a battle with cancer.
"The man fought tooth and nail. That showed you what kind of character he had and what kind of tenacity he had like all those guys on that team," said Erino Leone, athletic director at Hampshire High. "They were true champions."
Leone worked with Shingleton to set up the Hampshire County Athletics Hall of Fame. Shingleton was announced in June as a member of the 2014 class to be inducted in September.
He was a longtime educator and coach in Minerva, Ohio, where he established a hall of fame there.
But he will live in the hearts of Hampshire County residents as a member of that magical Pioneers basketball squad of 1959-60 that stormed to the Class B title with a 27-0 record.
No. 50 played a critical role in Romney's narrowest victory on the road to the title, a last-minute 56-55 win over Clendenin in the state semifinals.
Romney had given up a 10-point lead as time was running out. Coach Clyde Green called time out and set up a play.
Backup guard Gary Short was to inbound the ball to Donnie Davis who was to get it to star scorer Bill Maphisabout 12 feet out. The forwards, Dave Kirk and Shingleton, were to cut with Maphis dishing to whichever one was open for the layup.
"Guys, if you execute the play, you win. If you don't, you lose," Shingleton recalled Green's words in 2010.
The play ran like clockwork, Short to Davis to Maphis to … Shingleton.
"I lay it up and in and the whistle blows," the 6-foot-1 forward recounted. He figured he had been called for traveling.
But the whistle was a foul by Clendenin on Maphis as he passed. Shingleton's basket didn't count.
Maphis stepped to the line and sank 2 free throws to put Romney on top 56-55.
Then, to add insult to injury, he intercepted Clendenin's inbound pass to seal the victory.
The Pioneers beat Oceana easily the next night to win the title. Maphis and Shingleton were named all-tournament.
Shingleton took his basketball talents to Potomac State College in Keyser for a season, then transferred to Fairmont State.
In 2011, the Minerva (Ohio) Athletic Hall of Fame inducted Shingleton. He was athletic director at the school from 1985 to 2001.
He wrote the school's scholar-athlete requirements, which were then adopted by the Northeastern Buckeye Conference. He also established the NBC awards banquet and added cross country, softball and coed soccer teams at the school.
He created the school's hall of fame and later served as project manager when the school's facilities were upgraded.
His expertise there helped Leone and Davis establish 1 here.
In August 2009, Leone made that 1960 basketball team and cheerleaders the 1st inductees into the new hall.
"We became really close to him and his family then," Leone recalled Monday.